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Just days after I complained about not having images of the Anna Sheffield for Target collection, my fashion prays were answered. This pretty ribbon necklace is the first image I’ve seen from the collection, and I kind of like it. It’s not the metal-heavy lovefest that characterizes Sheffield’s Bing Bang collection, but it’s satisfying enough.

So, maybe I wasn’t kidding about wanting to wear head jewels like the “Princess of the East”, but I think I might only sport this look on the small scale.

All I did was take a necklace and clasp it so it fit my head. Then, using the excess chain, create a chandelier look on one side, and keep it together using the clasp.

Shirt: Forever 21  •  Necklaces: Target  •  Belt: Vintage

There are a few of things I like that are old or at least that look older, my cheeses, my guys, and my jewelry. I have a handle on the cheese thing, and not surprisingly, I like guys that are at the very least a few years older than I am. However, buying older jewelry is quite difficult on a budget.

Most of the vintage pieces I want to buy are actually good quality because apparently they didn’t have Forever 21 back in the day. Good quality jewelry plus a little age means high prices. So, a while ago, I dusted off those wheels in my head and went through my cerebral rolodex of old looking objects I could string around my neck to give the allusion of “vintage”, but without breaking the bank.

A lot of the things I came up with were too kitschy and/or had already been brought back to the mainstream of late, meaning I could actually go to my local cheap-chic store and get a replica without the hassle of being crafty. Then, my great grandfather’s pocket watch came to mind.

As it is, the pocket watch, is lost in a dusty attic somewhere in my great grandmother’s house in Michigan, only to be found under the most unfortunate circumstances, then, given to my brother, even though I’d put it to better use…OBVIOUSLY!

I let this idea fall to the wayside, bringing it up every now and then, until I saw a piece in the August issue of Lucky about timepiece necklaces, leaving me to scream “I told you so” to the walls of an empty house.

The article was the kick in the but I needed to head to eBay, bid on two different cheapo pocket watches from Hong Kong, and win those auctions— being the only one to actually bid on them. I know they aren’t über-vintage, like my great grandfather’s pocket watch, or even slightly used for that matter, but the insinuation is all the same, and I only spent $30 for both.

Next on the list of things to work into my wardrobe, head jewels like those depicted in this painting. Maybe not…

I randomly still get the Alloy catalog that I subscribed to back in my pre-millennial heyday of Airwalks and Hanson. For time to time I get really bored and go through it. Yesterday was one such time, and oddly enough Alloy has sort of lost the skater/surfer vibe I remember it having back in “the day,” not that I’m complaining.

The vibe is fairly boho— I think I hate that term— with a splash of hipster and, is almost like a less expensive version of Free People.

Oddly enough, I found myself marking multiple pages in the catalog with intent of looking them up on Alloy.com, strange, considering the catalog itself is meant to be a medium for shopping at home.

One of the items I marked was this overly charmed, tribal style ‘Belize’ necklace ($24.50).

I’m drawn to it simply because it has a lot of stuff on it, and it sort of looks like a necklace made of crap someone randomly collected over the years. It’s really fun, and is one of those pieces you’d see on the neck of some music festivalgoer under the influence of one or more unknown opiates— an obvious inspiration of style, no?

Gorjana jewelry has designed a heart shape necklace on behalf of the United Soybean Board to help support WomenHeart, an organization aiding in the fight for women’s heart health. All $45 of the proceeds from each sterling silver necklace go directly to WomenHeart’s Heart to Heart campaign.

The necklace is simple, elegant, and gets the health heart point across. Plus, the proceeds go to a fantastic cause that has probably affected almost everyone in one way or another. It is very rare to find someone who has never been effected by heart disease directly or indirectly.

For more information or to purchase the ‘Heart to Heart’ Necklace visit the Gorjana website.